Lost Meadows Mule Refuge

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from Lost Meadows Mule Refuge!

Thanks to you, we rescued 52 mules in 2025, while also maintaining a sanctuary and “waiting for training” herd of 55-70. Many of them are waiting for a monthly sponsor, so if your New Years Resolution is to help more animals and give back to the causes you care about in 2026, start today by checking out our Meet our Mules page and read the bio of each mule who currently lives at LMMR!

Choose one to sponsor for $29 monthly, and see them 24/7 on our Live MuleCam on YouTube. With a few quick clicks, you’ll be keeping a mule fed, safe and happy all year long at Lost Meadows Mule Refuge. We are the only dedicated U.S. Mule Rescue 💙

https://www.mulerescue.org/meet-our-mules

31/12/2025

Rocky is back in the ring! He’s getting a refresher under saddle this month to help with his adoptability.

Rocky is 13 years old and 14h. We know him as very well-broke and safe to ride, but he has had a couple years off, so he will need to be reintroduced to trails by a knowleadgable home. Don’t be fooled by his name - he’s a lover, not a fighter!

His adoption price will increase this month as his riding continues. Apply at www.mulerescue.org/adopt 💙

(Raisin and Valentine are now currently pending thanks to our holiday adoption special!)

29/12/2025

Athena is still available for adoption!

Athena is a big, beautiful 12 year old draft mule transferred to LMMR by Gentle Giants in Maryland earlier this year. She has been making excellent progress in her riding training here locally thanks to her trainer Sabine with Lazo Performance Horses.

She has been ridden multiple times this week by multiple experienced and amateur riders, and her training report is excellent!

She is going to be *priceless* for the right person who is experienced and willing to continue refining her under saddle. Athena is very willing and polite on the ground and with her riders, only needing reassurance and confident redirection when she gets anxious about unfamiliar objects or noises on her back. Her trainer says “there is not a mean bone in her body” and with the right owner, she will blossom into a show-stopping mount capable of anything whether trail riding or competition, and just being your sweet girl every day at the gate.

Apply now at www.mulerescue.org/adopt 💙

28/12/2025

Our sweetest resident Molly mule, Emily, at our Christmas Event last week 💙

Thank you so incredibly much to everyone who has sent us an end-of-year gift this week. We have stopped our asks since Giving Tuesday but many of you have continued to bless our Refuge through the last week of 2025.

This was a trying year for many nonprofits and animal rescues in particular. Still being a somewhat young organization and the only dedicated U.S. Mule Rescue - with a large sanctuary program - it’s easy to get worried. But you have seen us through 2025, our 6th year of operation, and ended the year strong with an amazing, goal-smashing Giving Tuesday.

Every mule at LMMR got apples and pears for Christmas, and we’re just feeling very grateful over here. Hearts full and ears long!

THANK YOU! We wish you a very Muley New Year! 🥳💙

(Adoption applications for our holiday adoption special will be worked on starting tomorrow!)

26/12/2025

We wish you a very Muley Christmas at LMMR! 🎄💙

The LMMR staff!

21/12/2025

Pictures from today’s Christmas in the Barn! Come by tomorrow 4-7:30! 💙🎄

20/12/2025

Our Christmas in the Barn event is TODAY from 2pm-6pm! We are showing the Aggie playoff game, and we have lots of board and card games for you to play with friends and family (some games have prizes!)

Come pet and feed a mule, and enjoy festive drinks and snacks on us for a Merry Mulemas! 💙🎄

19/12/2025

We’re setting up for our Christmas event tomorrow from 2pm-6pm!! Come play card games and board games with family and friends, walk, pet, and feed our mules, and enjoy festive music and snacks. Come have a very Merry Mulemas at Lost Meadows Mule Refuge in CALDWELL, just 20 minutes from Texas A&M University Campus! 🎄💙

18/12/2025

I’m a little late posting this, but our goodest boy Finn went to his new home in Nebraska this week! 💙

This was an unexpected happy surprise for Finn as he wasn’t listed for adoption yet, and due to needing daily arthritis meds, we thought it would take awhile for him to find a home. But his adopter saw his photo online, fell in love, and asked to apply for him with plenty of experience managing senior equines.

He doesn’t look super happy in this photo because he was getting a blood draw from our vet for a fresh Coggins to leave the Refuge 😊💙

Merry Christmas Finn, we will miss you, sweet old man! 🎄

18/12/2025

🎄 CHRISTMAS ADOPTION SPECIAL 🎄

Let’s get a couple more mules on Santa’s sleigh this year!🎅

🎁 $200 off all adoption fees for APPROVED applications! (maximum of 1 and minimum of $350)
🎁 $250 off all adoption fees for repeat adopters! (maximum of 1 and minimum of $350)
🎁 $250 PAIR ADOPTION DISCOUNT
🎁 First 500 miles of transport is sponsored by us!
🎁 Up to 5 handling practice sessions with our trainers and your new mule, FREE to you, paid for by us!

ALL adoptable mules are:
- Current on a hoof trim, dental float, deworming, and vaccines
- At minimum trained to lead, stand tied, be brushed all over, pick up feet safely, and load into a trailer
- Handled daily and available for meet and greets with an approved application

Check out last minute stall stuffers here: www.mulerescue.org/adopt 💙